The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 2 , Pages 445-450 , August 2009

Age at Diagnosis is an Independent Predictor of Small Renal Cell Carcinoma Recurrence-Free Survival

Received 6 December 2008

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 Study received approval from the institutional review board at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

 Supported by Grant A062254 of the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea.

 For other articles on a related topic see pages 721, 728 and 735.

PII: S0022-5347(09)00898-2

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.04.013

The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 2 , Pages 445-450 , August 2009

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